MRW
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I don't know, I'd be waiting for a D-coordinator to go all Buddy Ryan on him.
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shouldn't there be someone who keeps tabs on this stuff for him? in those sorts of situations, it seems terribly obvious that you should call time out to conserve a little time. once a team is inside the 10 and there's a minute left, the clock is never an enemy to them. they can only run 4 plays at most. i sometimes get the sense that a lot of coaches don't realize this.
In fairness to Mularkey, the defense did keep committing stupid penalties to keep drives alive, so there's no way of saying for sure that the Broncos would be limited to four plays.
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Not only that, but after getting the kickoff and running a play, they had second and short with the clock running and a time out in their pocket. Instead of using it there they opted to run a QB sneak (!) for the first down, then call the time out. It made no sense whatsoever, and was just another in a long string of baffling clock management decisions by this team.
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One of my coworkers once made a comment about "too many cooks in the chef".
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the elite guys are understandably the hardest ones to get, however, and at this point the bills should have a few. the bills do actually have some serviceable foundation players: mcgee, kelsay, troy vincent, fletcher, even josh reed as a 3rd receiver, and gandy as a role playing lineman (the jury is still out on jason peters). it's the lack of the studs that's hurting them, in my opinion.
What I'm struck by on your list is that it only includes 1 D-lineman and 1.5 O-linemen. I think to fairly evaluate whether we have any elite players at skill positions we need 1 or 2 more solid players at least on each line.
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This post is arguing the exact wrong premise. The whole idea behind "We're just a few players away!" is that we can, in fact, add a few "elite" players to the roster and have a good team. The great teams in the league have a solid foundation in addition to their stars, and I think you'd be on much more solid ground arguing that the Bills have neglected that foundation and have instead tried for the elite players.
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Sad but true, my non-Bills fan friend thought it was a good sign that the Bills were able to go up by a touchdown and I had to explain to him how the rest of the game would go. And I was right on too!
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I was watching the game with a friend (non-Bills fan) and he was baffled by this. He was wondering what possible benefit there is to fooling the other team on a pooch punt. Either it's a good punt and you can pin the other team deep, or it's a touchback. Why not have your punter do it? It is his job. Basically Mularkey selected the worst possible option out of the many possibilities.
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I see your point, but my concern is that Mularkey seems to have no clue how to manage a game. It would be one thing if there were a few questionable play calls, but consistently he makes baffling decisions. For example, tonight, when Denver was driving at the end of the half and had 3rd and goal with 1:15 left, why not call a time out? Denver wants to run the clock down as much as they can, why do you let them?
On the ensuing drive, why not use a time out rather than rushing to the line and running a QB sneak with 9 seconds left? After calling a time out, why run a draw with no time left?
It's these sorts of decisions that I see week to week that lead me to want Mularkey out. Yes, it shouldn't be change for change's sake, but he is not performing to the basic level of competency I would expect from an NFL head coach. If the guy's the wrong guy, keeping him forever won't lead to better results.
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With all the talk about how desperately we need to upgrade the o-line and we better not take skill position players I'd offer this hypothetical. . .
Would our current team be better if we had Indy's entire o-line rather than our o-line and our current skill position players. . .
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would our current team be better with Peyton Manning at QB, Edge at RB, Harrison & Wayne at WR behind our CURRENT O-line?
Our skill players with Indy's o-line. Even Manning is not a miracle worker, although that would be a huge huge upgrade at that position.
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I just don't see how they could not make an effort to go undefeated. I mean, if you just give up, wouldn't you always wonder if you could have done it? And if they don't make a serious attempt, who's to say that won't have some psychological consequences down the line in the playoffs.
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Not only that, he failed twice, so he's had twice the learning experiences.
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I agree! I'm sick of watching these first-time head coaches fail. We need proven losers!
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Shane Matthews.
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I can't get through all these posts but some of you are nuts to be unconcerned about JP's accuracy. He has played 8 or 9 games and I still don't know whether he will be decent or just another Rob Johnson?!? He's not even as good as Johnson yet. When he gets time he needs to step up and show some accuracy. A few bombs are about all we've seen and I'm starting to think those were an aberration. The short and mid-range throws will make or break him.
I'm not unconcerned but I don't think the answer is spending another high pick on a quarterback. If this team could run and pass block and actually play defense, I'd have more energy to worry about the quarterbacking.
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Justin Bannan doesn't like the "tackling dummy" nickname and wishes people would stop using it.
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If the management staff is stupid enough to spend another high pick on a QB this year I think I'll lose it. I don't care if Losman turns out to a total bust, the team's never going to get better making picks like that.
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This club needs a head coach that the players would look up to and play hard for. I know Kelly's never coached before, but the man did run the no huddle for 4 years straight to the Superbowl. Give either one of these guys some sound coordinators on both sides of the ball and keep Bobby April as the special teams coordinator.
I know a lot of guys here are clamoring for "experienced" head coaches but who would you seriously rather have as the next Bills head coach...Jim Kelly or Jim Fassel? As for Singletary, now one would be allowed to play with a lack of effort, that you could count on.
If Jack Del Rio can be a succesfull head coach I would have no doubts that these two old schoolers could do it.
The head coach needs to be more than a figurehead. Elevating a guy with no coaching experience is about the only way I can think of to make the Bills' situation worse.
So basically we're looking for a coach/qb/rb/<insert player here> that performs at an HOF level each and every year. If you slip, you're fired.
What would you give up for Drew Brees?
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I would say the Bills should have their QBs play behind the line, but really, what difference would it make?